APA WF# 24-17A & B Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) revision
The proposed policy changes are being promulgated as Permanent Rules.
The 21st Century Cures Act requires home health agencies to use EVV. These proposed revisions will align agency policy with the Cures Act by requiring EVV for home health agencies and add live-in caregivers as a provider for personal care services that must use EVV.
Please view the circulation document here: APA WF 24-17A and APA WF 24-17B and submit feedback via the comment box.
Circulation Date: 12/2/2024
Comment Due Date: 1/6/2025
Public Hearing: 1/6/2025
Board Meeting: 1/15/2025
Submit a Comment
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Comments
Susan:
We appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the Health Care Authority’s proposal to revise the above referenced rule, including by adding language that would extend the requirement to use Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) to “live-in caregivers”.
We understand the Health Care Authority’s obligation to ensure compliance with Federal law but believe the use of the term “live-in caregivers”, without definition, is problematic. Live-in family caregivers are integral to the delivery of current State Plan and Home and Community Based Waiver Services, including Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services and Supports (CDPASS), and in the delivery of additional services, such as Structured Family Caregiving, that OKDHS is considering adding to HCBS Waivers in the near future. Rather than define the applicability of EVV requirements to a category such as “live in caregivers”, without definition or qualification, we recommend using the names of the specific services to which the requirements apply (e.g., “Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services and Supports paid for on a per 15 minute unit basis”) to avoid the need for agency rework in the near future.
